I hope you all have been watching the Macaroni Kid Evansville Facebook page! So many egg hunts and activities in our area this week leading up to Easter!
I started thinking about what happens after Sunday, when the baskets and buckets are full of treats, much like Halloween, just waiting for those sweet-tooth raids when nobody's looking. :)
How about some family games to use up those items before putting the empties away for next year?
JELLY BEAN GUESSING GAME
With eyes closed, or covered with a bandana, each person picks a jelly bean out of the bowl and has to guess the flavor. If they get it right, they get another. If they get it wrong, they pick the next person to guess. Track how many correct guesses for the winner!
SPIN THE EGG
Give each child half of a plastic egg (the smaller end works best).
Have them spin the egg half. Whoever’s egg spins the longest has to add a jelly bean to their egg. Have everyone spin their egg again, the winner of that round adds a jelly bean.
Repeat this for either 1 minute or 10 rounds. Whoever has the most jelly beans at the end wins.
The jelly beans must stay in the egg while spinning, and everyone must spin their egg at the same time.
BALANCE THE EGG
Players have one minute to balance an egg (plastic, hard boiled, or a wrapped Cadbury egg work best) on their head while walking from one spot to another.
If the egg falls, they must go back to the starting place and begin again. Whoever gets the furthest in one-minute wins.
WHERE'S THE JELLY BEAN?
Depending on your child(ren)'s age, use three, four or five plastic egg halves with a jelly bean under one of them. Show the child where the jelly bean is, cover it with the egg half, and move all of the halves around. Ask your child to point to where the jelly bean is. Correct guess gets to eat the jelly bean!
IF I WERE THE EASTER BUNNY...
Share the book "If I Were The Easter Bunny" then have a conversation as a family: "If I were the Easter Bunny, I would ..."
